New Benchmarks?

[tommie]

Anybody have anything on some updated benchmarks? I remember seeing someone asking Gabe about benchmarks during E3 and he said talk to Doug after E3 and has anyone asked Doug or whoever it was?

 

[marty905]

i dunno.... has anyone talked to Doug after E3 or did Doug just run to his car and drive home after E3 ended

 

[_-_-SELAS-_-_]

Lets all go to their houses and bring torches and rope.

 

[Polykarbon]

I smell an E-mail? Who's going to do it.

 

[Apos]

Not it..........

 

[marty905]

COME ON someone email Doug

 

[Lucifer Crass]

No benchmarks, they gave up on those. Else they would have been out by now.

 

[Mr. Redundant]

I did yesterday actually, no response... actually I have never had a response from any Valve employee
I think they have my mail provider blocked.... or I just dont luck out.

 

[Lucifer Crass]

I did yesterday actually, no response... actually I have never had a response from any Valve employee
I think they have my mail provider blocked.... or I just dont luck out.

Ditto, Here. www.mail.com

You can get a custom @***** instead of "Hotmail" or some such thing

 

[Mr. Redundant]

yeah I use mail.com hehe

mrredundantts at mail.com
heres a compilation of all the e-mails I have sent.

Hello Mr. Ellis I was just wondering if you could answer a few questions I had concerning Hl2 and steam in general
(if you cant answer them all I understand but I would rather
you skip the ones you dont want to/cant asnwer rather than answer none)

1. Will Hl2 support "Profiles" for different users? (something akin to FarCry, or BF1942/Bf:V).
I often have friends/family over who play on my computer and we all like different control/sensitivity settings.

2. You have stated that Voice communication will use a better (higher rate) voice codec for HL2 multiplayer.
Could you be more specific? what kind of compression are you planning to use/are using? and although the
quality is better, what can we expect in terms of quality (will we be sounding muffled/gagged this time through)

3. Is it possible for the Source engine to influence a ragdoll death via animation? In other words, when
something is killed... does it simply flop/crumple to the ground based on what hit it and how hard,
or is there a way to apply some rudementary animation that may influence how the ragdoll reacts.
(hitting a combine in the face with a crowbar, he reaches up and grabs his eye while he ragdolls backwards)

4. Will there be a way to remove a game AND their Icon from the steam "Games" menu? for instance I dont
care for CS:CZ, or Ricochet, or even DMC.. they just add to the clutter... even when they arent installed
they are greyed out... it would be better if I could remove them (and then perhaps if I change my mind,
add them from the main steam window)

5. Is there/will there be a way to add third party games to Steam that dont use Valve tech? in other words..
lets say I want to add "Jongo's revenge" the 3rd person shooter from "erectile-soft" to my game menu
(so steam can launch it) could I? and if I did, if my friends had the same game could we connect directly
to eachother like other steam mods.

6. If an explosive (say grenades) were thrown into a thin corridor/vent, would the explosion/flames travel
through the vent? or simply explode at the place they landed. I remember that explosives were said to
do this back when TF2 was announced... and since has always made me hope it would see fruition in an
upcoming game.

7. Father Gregori sounds very familiar, who voices him?

8. same with Dr. Breen he sounds so familiar Im just curious who does his voicework

9. Im sorry for asking, But Hl2.net are completely confused after E3... we know that Valve plan to port HL1
mods and content to source... but is that going to be the official Multiplayer aspect of Hl2?

10. Now that E3 is over, what are your plans for the HL2 Benchmark? will be we seeing it soon?

thank you very much for your time, I appologize that I asked so many questions.
thanks again and good luck with HL2

 

[Lucifer Crass]

@mail.com? Lolz

And u wonder why ur blocked j/k

 

[Mr. Redundant]

@mail.com? Lolz

And u wonder why ur blocked j/k

well I have tried sending some through my yahoo.com mail addy... but no go there either

 

[Lucifer Crass]

well I have tried sending some through my yahoo.com mail addy... but no go there either

Guess your just another unlucky fan

 

[brokenjago]

Well, some guy waited 10 days before he got an answer....... be patient

 

[Apos]

I've gotten responses via yahoo, but not lately.